By Mike LangeStaff Writer     PARKMAN — An idea that started as a casual conversation among a few Parkman Grange members 15 years ago has evolved into a major Mother’s Day weekend celebration in the Penquis region.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — Several educators and parents have thrown their support behind House Majority Leader Jeff McCabe’s bill to help public schools opt out of Common Core standards and related assessment tests.

On Thursday, April 27, SeDoMoCha Middle eighth-grader Gavyn Moreshead traveled to Augusta where he had a piece on display in the Maine Youth Excellence in Art exhibition at the State Capitol complex.

    The 49th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race on April 25, covering 16.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — State Sen.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — A public hearing will be held this week on a bill that would prohibit using eminent domain to acquire property when the entity is involved in a “public-private partnership”    LD 1168, sponsored by Sen.

    PARKMAN, Maine — A group of officials from the six member towns of School Administrative District 4 met last week to discuss how the projected increase in the local share of the $7.

    PORTLAND — Professor Tracy Michaud Stutzman, who grew up in Dover-Foxcroft and now is part of the faculty in the Tourism and Hospitality Program at the University of Southern Maine, was recently honored for her community engagement work there.

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    SHIRLEY, Maine — What do Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, Chicago White Sox infielder Tyler Saladino, Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosner, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez and Cleveland first baseman Carlos Santana have in common?     They are a few of the 25 Major League Baseball players who are using Dove Tail Bats, manufactured in Shirley, eight miles south of Greenville.

Benefit dinner and auction set for Saturday in Abbot By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer     For nearly a half decade, area residents Janet Grant and Laurie Harvey have been working to improve the lives of the residents of the small Haitian town of Hatte Borel, located in the central portion of the nation on the western side of the island of Hispaniola a few hours north of the capital Port-au-Prince, through their organization His Light for Haiti.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom    MAKING A DIFFERENCE — Nancy Spencer, left, and Karen King are among the direct service/hotline volunteers for the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance.

Observer photo/Mike Lange    DEBATING — Former Dexter Town Manager Dave Pearson, foreground, waits to speak at last week’s public hearing on the Community Bill of Rights ordinance.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like many non-profits, the efforts of volunteers are vital to carrying out the mission of the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance — a community-based organization working to end domestic violence that several years ago merged similar agencies in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties respectively.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    MILO — With the preliminary idea of SAD 41 students attending Foxcroft Academy having been briefly discussed at the municipal and school district level and around town, a public meeting to discuss the possibility and future of SAD 41 schools was held on April 8 upstairs at the town hall.

Photo courtesy of MLREDC    BREATHTAKING — One of the slides from Roger Brooks’ April 10 “Branding” seminar.